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Новые проекты добычи полезных ископаемых в Архангельской области
Arkhangelsk Oblast’s upcoming mining projects

Ресурс / Mineral Проект / Project Статус / Status
Свинец, цинк, серебро Строительство ГОК на Павловском м/р (2026) Госэкспертиза проектной документации
Lead, zinc, silver Pavlovsky mining and processing plant (2026) Design documentation under expert review
Гранат абразивный Освоение Приморского м/р (2022–2023) Подготовка и проектирование
Garnet abrasive Primorsky Mine (2022–2023) Mine development planning
Известняки для ЦБП Освоение Левобережного участка
Limestone for pulp and Швакинского м/р (2023) Разведочные работы
paper production Shvakino Mine Levoberezhny Block (2023) Prospecting
Торф Освоение м/р «Большой Калтус – 1» Разведочные работы
Peat Bolshoy Kaltus – 1 Mine Prospecting
Добыча полезных ископаемых в Архангельской области, млрд руб.
Arkhangelsk Oblast’s mining output, billion RUB

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
2,98 8,29 13,58 13,77 28,31 34,39 35,85 30,7 40,73

cluster. Exploration surveys first started here in Useful minerals
1963, contributed, beginning from 1999, by Lukoil,
Gazprom, Rosneft, Tatneft and Surgutneftegaz and Arkhangelsk Oblast boasts a large amount
resulting in the discovery of six prospects with of proven bauxite reserves – 251 million tons, or
57.6 million tons of Prospective Category D1 fuel approximately 18% of Russia’s total bauxite deposits.
equivalent. That said, the Mezen syneclise may In Plesetsk District’s Severoonezhsk, there lies Iksa
contain a total of more than 1.5 billion tons of fuel deposit. Its western sector (Belovodye) is operated
equivalent. by Northern Onega Bauxite Mine (Severo-Onezhsky
At the same time, as we read in “The Boksitovy Rudnik) (51 million tons). The Iksa
Geodynamics and Oil and Gas Potential of the Mezen bauxites are supplied to industries as raw material
Sedimentary Basin”, “after half a century of geological for refractories, cement, and metallurgical products.
surveying, which involved impressive scopes of The discovered bauxites contain associated
seismic exploration and exploration drilling, we components:
still cannot say with confidence whether this basin – chromium ores: 879,000 tons of chromium
holds economically feasible fields.” In other words, trioxide;
the geological profile of the Mezen basin allows us to – vanadium: 167,000 tons of vanadium pentoxide;
not more than assume there are oil and gas deposits – trace elements (gallium): 8,475 tons.
there, but the actual evidence is yet to be discovered. Another large prospect, Volodinsky, lies in the
Hydrocarbons may lie also in Arkhangelsk eastern part of Leshukonsky District on the border
Oblast’s offshore waters. One prospect lies around with the Komi Republic. The Volodinsky bauxites are
the Novaya Zemlya. Its development is a matter of of higher quality than the Iksa bauxites and can be
the future. used in the production of alumina and cement, as

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